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Why protest flourished across the globe in 2019

What's the outlook for U.S. foreign policy as a tumultuous decade ends?

12/25/2019

PBS News Hour

Why protest flourished across the globe in 2019

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What's the outlook for U.S. foreign policy as a tumultuous decade ends?

The past ten years have seen both transformation and inertia in global politics. In many countries, as heads of government have changed, authoritarian leadership has not. Nick Schifrin sits down with the Hudson Institute’s Rebeccah Heinrichs, the American Enterprise Institute’s Kori Schake and Michele Flournoy of WestExec Advisors to discuss why the decade is concluding with a year of protest.

12/25/2019

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